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From: Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [SOLVED] Regular user unable to use sound/alsa after upgrade
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:08:08
Message-Id: 20150129190737.GA21082@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [SOLVED] Regular user unable to use sound/alsa after upgrade by Alan McKinnon
1 On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 08:36:53PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote
2
3 > Check your udev rules. Those nodes will probably revert back to
4 > root:root on each reboot
5
6 I use mdev https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev but that should not be a
7 problem. My /etc/mdev.conf has...
8
9 # alsa sound devices and audio stuff
10 pcm.* root:audio 660 =snd/
11 control.* root:audio 660 =snd/
12 midi.* root:audio 660 =snd/
13 seq root:audio 660 =snd/
14 timer root:audio 660 =snd/
15
16 root:audio with permissions 660 should work for anybody in the audio
17 group. Just for consistency, I manually changed it to...
18
19 drwxr-xr-x 2 root audio 160 Jan 28 21:50 .
20 drwxr-xr-x 16 root root 3400 Jan 29 02:50 ..
21 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 2 Jan 28 21:50 controlC0
22 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 4 Jan 28 21:50 pcmC0D0c
23 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 3 Jan 29 13:36 pcmC0D0p
24 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 5 Jan 28 21:50 pcmC0D2c
25 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Jan 28 21:50 seq
26 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Jan 28 21:50 timer
27
28 If it reverts to root:root next boot, I'll post to the busybox list.
29
30 --
31 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
32 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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